Exodus 12:46
44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.
- KJV
- In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- WEB
- It must be eaten in one house. You shall not carry any of the meat outside of the house. Do not break any of its bones.
- ASV
- In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- DARBY
- In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- BLB
- In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not bring out from the house any of the flesh outside, and a bone of it you⁺ shall not break.
- ÅB
- I ett hus skal det spises; du skal ikke la noe av kjøttet komme utenfor huset, og dere skal ikke bryte noe ben på det.
- OTB
- Den skal spises i ett hus; du skal ikke ta noe av kjøttet utenfor huset, og du skal heller ikke bryte noe bein av den.
- B1930
- I ett hus skal det etes; du skal ikke la noget av kjøttet komme utenfor huset, og I skal ikke bryte noget ben på det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 19:36
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Read in contextNumbers 9:12
They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
Read in contextJohn 19:33
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Read in contextEphesians 2:19–22
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Read in contextPsalms 34:20
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
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